Psalms 4:1

To the chief music-maker on corded instruments. A Psalm. Of David.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

In Context

2\4:1\Give answer to my cry, O God of my righteousness; make me free from my troubles; have mercy on me, and give ear to my prayer.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 17:37And David said, The Lord, who kept me safe from the grip of the lion and the bear, will be my saviour from the hands of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go! and may the Lord be with you.

1 Samuel 23:26And Saul and his men went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men went on the other: and David's purpose was to get away as quickly as possible, for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men were making a circle round David and his men in order to take them.

Job 36:16...

Psalms 11:7For the Lord is upright; he is a lover of righteousness: the upright will see his face.

Psalms 18:18\18:17\He made me free from my strong hater, and from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.

Psalms 24:5He will have blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 4:1

David was a preacher, a royal preacher, as well as Solomon; many of his psalms are doctrinal and practical as well as devotional; the greatest part of this psalm is so, in which Wisdom cries to men, to the sons of men (as Prov. viii. 4, 5 ), to receive instruction. The title does not tell us, as that of the former did, that it was penned on any particular occasion, nor are we to think that all the psalms were occasional, though some were, but that many of them were designed in general for the instruction of the… Read the whole commentary →

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